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Month: February 2012

Re: [trinity-devel] Arch - change standard install loc from /opt/trinity to /opt/tde?

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:55:52 -0600
>> Take it as a challenge: Why exactly would you choose Window$ over a FOSS
>> solution for a corporate environment?  Quantify the reasons and file
>> enhancement requests to get them fixed.
>>
>> Tim
>
> I do not use Linux because it does not integrate with the rest of the
> world. At my workplace I am required to send and receive document
> files like xml, docx and others that are not supported well by linux.
> I need to send these internally, but more importantly externally.
>
> If everyone internally uses LibreOffice - great. the problem is that
> customers are using windows, and we need to be able to work with them.
>
> This is not something Trinity Desktop can provide.

Of course.  I was referring to usability/functionality/stability problems
in FOSS, and was not attemting to solve vendor lock-in issues.

> Apart from that, group integration needs to be stabalized. the caldav
> integration crashes for me. Bugs have been filed #631.

Fixed.  Coincidentally I was working on that bug earlier today and just
pushed the patches in a few minutes ago.

Tim